Accra Sports Stadium disaster
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The Accra Sport Stadium disaster occurred at the Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana on May 9, 2001. It took the lives of 126 people, making it the worst stadium disaster to have ever taken place in Africa.[1][2] It is also the third-deadliest disaster in the history of association football behind the Estadio Nacional disaster and Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster.[3]
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Date | May 9, 2001 |
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Location | Accra, Ghana |
Cause | police fired tear gas into the crowd, resulting in a stampede and crush |
Deaths | 126 |
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